108th meridian west
# 108th meridian west

The meridian 108° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 108th meridian west forms a great circle with the 72nd meridian east.

## From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 108th meridian west passes through:

    Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 90°0′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿90.000°N 108.000°W﻿ / 90.000; -108.000﻿ (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean 77°43′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿77.717°N 108.000°W﻿ / 77.717; -108.000﻿ (Byam Martin Channel) Byam Martin Channel 76°4′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿76.067°N 108.000°W﻿ / 76.067; -108.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Melville Island 74°56′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿74.933°N 108.000°W﻿ / 74.933; -108.000﻿ (Parry Channel) Parry Channel Viscount Melville Sound 73°36′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿73.600°N 108.000°W﻿ / 73.600; -108.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Kilian Island 73°34′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿73.567°N 108.000°W﻿ / 73.567; -108.000﻿ (Parry Channel) Parry Channel Viscount Melville Sound 73°21′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿73.350°N 108.000°W﻿ / 73.350; -108.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Victoria Island 72°42′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿72.700°N 108.000°W﻿ / 72.700; -108.000﻿ (Hadley Bay) Hadley Bay 71°41′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿71.683°N 108.000°W﻿ / 71.683; -108.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Victoria Island 68°56′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿68.933°N 108.000°W﻿ / 68.933; -108.000﻿ (Dease Strait) Dease Strait 68°38′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿68.633°N 108.000°W﻿ / 68.633; -108.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — the Kent Peninsula (mainland) 68°7′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿68.117°N 108.000°W﻿ / 68.117; -108.000﻿ (Melville Sound) Melville Sound 67°48′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿67.800°N 108.000°W﻿ / 67.800; -108.000﻿ (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — the Barry Islands, the Banks Peninsula (mainland), the Young Islands, and the mainland Northwest Territories — from 64°43′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿64.717°N 108.000°W﻿ / 64.717; -108.000﻿ (Northwest Territories) Saskatchewan — from 60°0′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°N 108.000°W﻿ / 60.000; -108.000﻿ (Saskatchewan), passing through Lake Athabasca 49°0′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿49.000°N 108.000°W﻿ / 49.000; -108.000﻿ (United States)  United States Montana Wyoming — from 45°0′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿45.000°N 108.000°W﻿ / 45.000; -108.000﻿ (Wyoming) Colorado — from 41°0′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿41.000°N 108.000°W﻿ / 41.000; -108.000﻿ (Colorado) New Mexico — from 37°0′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿37.000°N 108.000°W﻿ / 37.000; -108.000﻿ (New Mexico) 31°47′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿31.783°N 108.000°W﻿ / 31.783; -108.000﻿ (Mexico)  Mexico Chihuahua Sinaloa — from 26°55′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿26.917°N 108.000°W﻿ / 26.917; -108.000﻿ (Sinaloa) 24°39′N 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿24.650°N 108.000°W﻿ / 24.650; -108.000﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 60°0′S 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿60.000°S 108.000°W﻿ / -60.000; -108.000﻿ (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean 73°52′S 108°0′W﻿ / ﻿73.867°S 108.000°W﻿ / -73.867; -108.000﻿ (Antarctica) Antarctica Unclaimed territory
